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FORECASTING PRODUCT LIABILITY CLAIMS
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MODELING IN THE MANVILLE ASBESTOS CASE |
| By: |
Eric Stallard, J.B. Weinstein (Foreword), Kenneth G. Manton |
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Hardback |
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£119.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0387949879 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780387949871 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC. |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2004 |
| Edition: |
2004 ed. |
| Series: |
Statistics for Biology and Health |
| Pages: |
394 |
| Description: |
Presents an account of quantitative forecasting efforts that led to the successful resolution of the Johns-Manville asbestos litigation. This volume illustrates the iterative nature of model building and the uncertainty due to incomplete knowledge of the processes of injury and litigation. It is suitable for lawyers and judges. |
| Synopsis: |
This selection of papers encompasses recent methodological advances in several important areas, such as multivariate failure time data and interval censored data, as well as innovative applications of the existing theory and methods. Using a rigorous account of statistical forecasting efforts that led to the successful resolution of the John-Manville asbestos litigation, the models in this volume can be adapted to forecast industry-wide asbestos liability. More generally, because the models are not overly dependent on the U.S. legal system and the role of asbestos, this volume will be of interest in other product liability cases, as well as similar forecasting situations for a range of insurable or compensational events. Throughout the text, the emphasis is on the iterative nature of model building and the uncertainty generated by lack of complete knowledge of the injury process. This uncertainty is balanced against the court's need for a definitive settlement, and how these opposing principles can be reconciled. A valuable reference for researchers and practitioners in the field of survival analysis. |
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131 Tables, black and white; XXX, 394 p. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
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Returnable |
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